Love Of The Common People (song)
"Love of the Common People" is a folk ballad written and composed by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins, eventually released in 1970 on Hurley's album John Hurley Sings about People, but first covered in January 1967 by The Four Preps. It has been covered most successfully by soul group The Winstons, reggae singer Nicky Thomas, country singer Waylon Jennings in 1967, The Gosdin Brothers, The Everly Brothers and English pop singer Paul Young. It was also a huge hit in Ireland for showband star Joe Dolan.
Read more about Love Of The Common People (song): Lyrics, Nicky Thomas Version, Paul Young Version
Famous quotes containing the words love, common and/or people:
“I don’t want to live—I want to love first, and live incidentally.”
—Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948)
“No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it.”
—Bible: New Testament, 1 Corinthians 10:13.
“Those who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen people, whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)